speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out

[LowSpine]

If not then the Crying Man wouldn't fall on the Professor.

 

[WhatGravitas]

Is momentum conserved in 4e teleportation? Some of the time? All of the time? Never?

Should it be?

Can you play Portal with teleportation? If yes, then yes.

Cheers, LT.

 

[Xsjado]

I always saw portal as more of a dimension door kind of thing.

 

[Harlock]

To me this comes down to letter of the rule versus spirit of the rule.

The Eladrin entry does not state that Eladrin never take falling damage. It says they get a move action, 5 square, teleport. I'd simply rule that the player could not teleport the last five feet of any fall to negate damage and leave it at that.

 

[hamishspence]

momentum

I'd go falling damage for however far you've fallen, not counting any teleportation distance. Mind you, how would teleporting in mid fall work? a readied action "I ready an action teleport as soon as I have fallen 5 ft" Can you ready an action to key off your own falling, which takes place during your move action?

 

[GoLu]

To me this comes down to letter of the rule versus spirit of the rule.

The Eladrin entry does not state that Eladrin never take falling damage. It says they get a move action, 5 square, teleport. I'd simply rule that the player could not teleport the last five feet of any fall to negate damage and leave it at that.

A move action is too slow to save you from most falls. And you can't jump directly into a teleport, because you can't insert a move action into the middle of another move action. Even double move only works if they are the same kind of move action.

So whether teleports conserve momentum or not, it won't make much of a difference to the Eldarin. I'm personally leaning towards not conserving momentum, just because it seems to match up better with the way the rules work.

(Those ritual portals, on the other hand, might work differently from normal teleportation movement.)


edit: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=231385

edit #2: Also remember that readied actions are immediate reactions, which means you can't use them on your turn.

 

[cangrejoide]

Heh.

Being the Log of Terija the Wise, an Attempt to Discover the Formula of Eternal Youth
Tests performed by Elminster, assistant to Terija the Wise

Trial 309
One pinch powdered chimera brain
two pints virgin's tears
mix under the light of a waxing moon, stirring sunwise twice and widdershins thrice.
Result: explosion, serious burns to face, lacerations of hand holding alembic

Trial 450
three ounces of basilisk spleen
one elder black dragon testicle
three drops basilisk spinal fluid
Result: explosion, assistant frozen in mile high block of ice for one week, melted him out to clean up the mess

Trial 872
one whole, live cockatrice pewmet
seven hook horror hooks
feed hooks to cockatrice, put into a sack, wait
Result: explosion, sever acid damage to apprentice, was forced to squeegee him off floor and reconstitute; docked him several months pay for inconvenience

Trial 1928
one mummy tongue
one succubus nipple [note: very fun to obtain]
three ettin skulls
grind all ingredients to paste, smear on penSCREW THIS! AND SCREW YOU, TERIJA! I'M JOINING THE HARPERS!

This is full of win.
I am going to change the name of ELminster to Mordekainen and have it found written on a burned paper by my players.

 

[silentounce]

This is full of win.
I am going to change the name of ELminster to Mordekainen and have it found written on a burned paper by my players.

MordeNkainen

Just make sure that's okay under the new GSL , as well.

 

[Dracorat]

GSL cannot dictate anything you do in your own private game.

 

[Mort_Q]

GSL cannot dictate anything you do in your own private game.

True.